Vehicle-wheel.



w. L. HOWARD.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

MPPLICA'HN FILED MAYZI, 1914.

-lyllgm .Patented Apr. 13, 1915 A a" citizen of the 'United States,4 and a, resident l fill WLLEIAM LEWIS HOWARD, OF TRENTON, 'NEW JERSEY.

Venturin-WHEEL.

Application med Mayl, 191,4. Serial No. 355,995.

To @ZZ "IJ-hom i may/concern v Be it known that l, `WILLIAivr L. HOWARD,

o1 rllrenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New' Jersey, have inventedcertein new Aand useful lniprovernentsin Vehicle *lll heels, of which the following is a speciiication. I

My invention relates to means for Securely holding1 demountahle rimsy in place on a wheel, especially adapted for luse in connection 'with automobile Wheels, and yis an iniprovenient over the torni shown 'and described in Letters 'Patent No. 1,031,341, issued to .me July 2, 1912, and the main object of the present invention is to provide means, in connection with the structure shown' in said. Letters vPatent, for lpreventing the creep of the rim.; a further object is to accomplish this result by a relatively slight change in the Wedges `and gripping,

members shown in said Letters Patent, and Without any alteration 1n the parts of the device, therein shown, as to general iarrange 5 ment or operation.

rthe improvement above referred' to is villustreted inthe accompanying drawings,

in. Which`-` Figure 1 is a fragmentary, side elevation,-

' of a. vehicle Wheelprovided Withrny invention, and partly in section; Fig. 2 is an' en larged section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.

.1; and Fig. 3 is a 4trafgnientary, perspective,

sectional,` View of the parts embodying my invention. lin my presentinventlon are incorporated all the parts shown and described 1n 'the Letters Patent referred-to2, including the chennel rim amounted on the folly b of the -eel o2, the 'Wedge blocks c2 secured to said n, the casing@ having; lthe shaft 02 therein oyided with. the Worm c3 engaged with 'worin' gear c'iv mounted upon the rended screvl7 c in turn engaged Ji s d2 on which are inclined.v similarly to trie corresponding Wedge blocks a2 4'on their contacting surfaces, whereby, when iid screw c5 is rotated, hyineans of, the

Specification of Letters Fatent.

ving; internal tapered rg members el, end they pro- "Patented Apr.. t3, tln,

shaft c2 and the worin gear connection, in either du"ect1on,sa1d gripping, members engage the deniountahle rin'i e or arev disengaged therefrom, all in the manner set forth l in the said Letters Patent.

The invention proper resides in the novel formation, or configuration, of the contacting surfaces or' the Wedge blocks a and VAgripping .member projections (l2, the former,A

Whilestill presenting,T the inclined earn sun face, being; rigid in the central plane of the Wheel, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, at

. shown in said Letters tletent, is greatly en` hanced, and Without additional cost in construction..

"il/flint l claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A lined channel wheel rim provided with blocks o2 coi etructed ufi'h orior ceninl'` projec grief e dernountahle rin, a pair 1 "lg meer hers arranged oppose' 'd haw oro vided Witha central lon3 uw la. conforming to and adept -fg to receive, the aforesaid lilocl' v, and e rotnr'y scri-,yc having reversely three ed 'en-fis f grim r s, as descilneol.

Vln testimony whereof l have signed my eine to 'this specification in presence of the subscribing witnes- VllLLl'AB/Lt MEME@ l-l( )1W All l).

Witnesses:

DANIEL rl. tionnnfron, MARY T.. .Ml CUE.'

groove 1 connect said titl tl ti 

